Improvement in weighing and measuring-cups



E. A. GOODES.

Weighing and Measuring Cup. No. 70,546. I Patented Nov. 5,1867;

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M E. A. GOODES, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR 'll) lllll- SELF, E. L. MILLER, AND W. H. MOB-FORD, Oh SAME PLACE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, E. A. GOODES, of Philadelphia, in tl sylvania, have invented a new and improved Weighing and following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a portion of this specification, which is a side view of a cup or dipper made according to my invention.

This invention is designed more especially for household use, and its principal object is to provide a cheap and convenient means for ascertaining the weight of small quantities of flour, butter, and other like commodities; and to this end it consists in a cup provided with a scale at one side, in such manner that the cup, with thearticle to be weighed contained therein, being placed in a vessel of water, the depth to which the vessel sinks, and consequently the weight of the aforesaid article, will be indicated by the scale.

The invention further consists in constructing the cup with an additional quantity contained therein when only partially fill weighing, but also for measuring purposes.

To enable others to undcrstend with reference to the drawing.

A represents a cup, of any appropriate form, and of sheet metal or any other suitable material, the said cup being provided, preferably, with a handle, 13, after the manner of an ordinary dipper, as shown in the drawing. Formed or furnished in any suitable manner, in a vertical position upon one side of the cup A, is a scale, a 6, so graduated and arranged that the cup, when empty, bein g placed in an upright position in a vessel of water, the depth to which it sinks will be indicatedat the zero point or mark of the scale, and that the increased depth to which the said cup is depressed by each additional pound or fraction of a pound will be shown by a corresponding mark of the scale indicating such weight, the weight of the commodity in the cup being thus determined by the figures of the scale indies-521g the depth to which the cup is sunk in the water by the said weight, so that by this means any quantity suited to the capacity of the cup, of any substance or material, may be readily and conveniently weighed with tolerable accuracy.

It should be mentioned that when the cup is provided with a hand the said handle should be allowed to rest either upon the hand of the p drawing, or upon the edge of the vessel containing the water, in order t required upright position while being used.

In order to enable the cup to be employed for measuring as well as weighing purposes, it is furnished with an additional scale, a (Z, the gradations of which indicate in quarts, pints, gills, etc., the quantity contained in the cup when filled, to a greater or less degree, or, in other words, to a greater or less distance from the top thereof; the said scale 0 cl being formed, preferably, by indenting the side of the cup, at suitable intervals, in such manner that the divisions thereof may be seen or examined from the interior of said cup.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A cup provided with scales a L and c d, whereby it may be used for weighing and measuring purposes, in the manner substantially as herein set forth, as a new article of manufacture.

to county of Philadelphia, and State of Penn- Measuring flap; and I do hereby declare that the scale, indicating, by measure, the ed whereh the device or utensil ma not onl be used for the nature and construction of my invention, I will proceed to describe it lc, as shown in the drawing, the end of erson using the device, as shown in the o insure the retention of the cup in the E. A. GOODES.

Witnesses:

Tnos. O. Enrnr, JACOB HERITAGE. 

